Proverbs 5:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 4:13 : 13 And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Job 31:4 : 4 Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?
  • Job 34:21 : 21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
  • Jer 16:17 : 17 For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
  • Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:
  • Hos 7:2 : 2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
  • Job 14:16 : 16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
  • Ps 119:168 : 168 I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.
  • Ps 139:1-9 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets. 2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away. 3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord. 5 I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me. 6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it. 7 Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you? 8 If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea; 10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me. 11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night; 12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 34:21
    86%

    21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • Prov 20:24
    81%

    24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

    2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • Prov 16:2
    76%

    2 All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

  • Prov 15:3
    76%

    3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

  • Prov 16:9
    76%

    9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

  • Prov 21:8
    75%

    8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Prov 5:6
    75%

    6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Prov 4:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

    26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

  • Job 31:4
    74%

    4 Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

  • Ps 37:23
    74%

    23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

  • Prov 2:20
    74%

    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 5:20
    74%

    20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Prov 10:9
    73%

    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 3:6
    73%

    6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

  • Job 22:15
    73%

    15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

  • Prov 14:12
    73%

    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Eccl 11:9
    73%

    9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

  • Prov 19:21
    73%

    21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

  • Jer 16:17
    73%

    17 For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Jer 10:23
    72%

    23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

  • Prov 5:22
    72%

    22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

  • Prov 7:25
    72%

    25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • Prov 22:12
    72%

    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Prov 7:8
    72%

    8 Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

  • Ps 17:5
    71%

    5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

  • Prov 16:25
    71%

    25 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Jer 32:19
    71%

    19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

    15 The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

  • Jer 17:10
    71%

    10 I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

  • Job 36:25
    71%

    25 All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 20:11
    71%

    11 Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

  • Prov 21:12
    71%

    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

  • Prov 24:12
    71%

    12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

  • Hos 14:9
    71%

    9 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

  • Prov 30:19
    70%

    19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.

  • Prov 15:11
    70%

    11 Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

  • Job 24:23
    70%

    23 He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 7:22
    70%

    22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

  • Prov 2:15
    70%

    15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil: